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Maternal and Child Health
Maternal and Child Health serves as an advocate to improve the health status of the Jacksonville community through education, prevention and partnerships. Through its services the division emphasizes growth, nutrition development and mental and physical health of mother and child from prenatal care to postpartum care.
The Maternal and Child Health Division is dedicated to meeting the ongoing and changing needs of pregnant and postpartum women, parents, infants and children.
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
The
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program mobilizes the Duval County
Community, including residents, service providers, teens and concerned
others to address teen pregnancy prevention from family planning and youth
development perspectives. A former
Centers for Disease Control Initiative, this program focuses on life
skills development, adolescent health, parental education and social
marketing. The pregnancy prevention
program provides staff work and expertise to the Jacksonville community in
program planning, development and teen pregnancy prevention initiatives,
such as the Teen Health/Education Hour that meets several times during the
month, in community-based settings and the Teen Males Health Hour,
targeted towards adolescent males in juvenile justice residential
facilities / community-based settings. The
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program works hand-in-hand with the
Healthy People 2010 Healthy Jacksonville Coalitions.
In
addition, program staff is working in conjunction with the Health Services
Division to coordinate educational activities with the DCHD’s Health
Services Division, by collaborating on clinical/community based
initiatives to educate teens around pregnancy prevention and to work with
the community identifying and developing culturally sensitive and relevant
education materials about family planning and available family planning
services.
For more information, call: (904) 253-2723
Behavioral
Health Services
Behavioral Health Services provides individual mental health counseling, family counseling, parenting, education, emotion management interventions and strategies for adjustment to “everyday” problems. These services are offered to children, adolescents and adults starting at age 6 y/o. The services are provided by licensed professionals and master level practitioners with graduate degrees from accredited universities. The licensed professionals include social workers, mental health counselors and psychiatrists. Medication management is also available after being seen by a mental health counselor or social worker. In some cases presentations related to behavioral health can be provided in the community. As are all services in our department, the ultimate goal of our program is to empower individuals and families in the community to become self sufficient and equipped to deal with life issues. A licensed professional is available 24 hours per day and 7 days a week for emergency or urgent services.
For more information please call 904-253-1022 or 904-253-2732.
Healthy Start
Healthy Start provides home visits, care coordination, referrals, education, counseling and support.
For information call (904) 253-1390
North
Florida Health Corps/AmeriCorps
The North Florida Health Corps is an AmeriCorps initiative administered by the Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida. Duval County Health Department’s Maternal and Child Health Division, in partnership with community agencies, directs the local program. It is designed to help reduce health disparities and improve the access and quality of healthcare to traditionally underserved communities through education, outreach and service activities. In addition, we will encourage members to pursue a career in health and human service upon completion of service.
For
information on becoming a member or program site please call 904-665-2264.
School Health
The primary goal of School Health Services is to provide health support to students in order to maximize their potential to learn and succeed in life. School Health includes services such as planning for emergency health care, preventive health services, management of chronic conditions, communicable disease control, health counseling, community referrals and follow-up, and home visits. Programs include: school nursing, dental program, screening programs, school physician, pre-participation athletic health screening program, Comprehensive School Health Programs, Can Do Program, and Full Service School Program.
For information call (904) 253-1580
Social Work Services
Social Work Services provides comprehensive services to women and children. Clinical Social Workers provide psychosocial counseling to reduce social stress associated with health problems. Our counseling also seeks to empower individuals to become self-sufficient by promoting positive health behaviors for healthy lifestyles.
For more information please call 904-253-1022 or 904-253-2732.
Duval County Health Department
Main Office
515 W. 6th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
253-1000
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